Advani’s
personal stamp on Hindutva is the shift he engineered in its strategy
from cultural nationalism to religious jingoism. The political
windfall that Hindutva enjoys today, as he has every right to claim,
is on account of Ram Janmabhoomi movement that frenzied Hindu
religious sentiments - Valson Thampu

Transplantation
is the only treatment for terminal or “end-stage” diseases of many
organs such as Kidneys, Liver, Heart and Lungs. The alternative is
certain death. All organs are not easily available in India as
relatives of brain-dead patients are unwilling to donate, due to
ignorance or religious misconceptions. Thousands are waiting for
organs and will die if none is available - Dr. Prakash Khanduri.

A
study on "Socio Economic Background of Open University Students"
fetches Ph. D from Karnataka State Open University for Dr. P T Abraham
(Baby Mulamoottil) who is having more than 53 years of noble tradition
in education field. The topic of the dissertation is first of
its kind and can serve as a benchmark study for those who are
interested in understanding the Distance Learning. His achievement at
the age of 73 is an inspiration to the future generation of doctoral
enthusiasts. Dr. P T Abraham is the chairman & Secretary of St Mary's
Group of Institutions in Kerala and Karnataka.

Glaciers
are key to
India climate change but research centre plan lies in deep freeze:
Admits Renoj Thayyen of the National Institute of Hydrology who was
one of the scientists in an IPCC working group: “The IPCC report is a
global synthesis of knowledge generated on climate change science and
obviously biased towards regions where most authentic knowledge base
has been generated. Due to near total neglect of Himalayan glaciers,
impact of climate on glaciers did not influence the current IPCC
report.”